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CVE-2020-25812 Details

Description

An issue was discovered in MediaWiki 1.34.x before 1.34.4. On Special:Contributions, the NS filter uses unescaped messages as keys in the option key for an HTMLForm specifier. This is vulnerable to a mild XSS if one of those messages is changed to include raw HTML.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/ad4a3ba45fb955aa8c0eb3c83809b16b40a498b9/includes/specials/SpecialContributions.php#592 CVEVendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RTTPZ7XMDS66I442OLLHXBDNP2LCBJU6/ CVE
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048480.html CVEMailing ListVendor Advisory
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2020-September/048488.html CVEMailing ListVendor Advisory
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core/+/ad4a3ba45fb955aa8c0eb3c83809b16b40a498b9/includes/specials/SpecialContributions.php#592 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mediawiki mediawiki
>= 1.34.0, < 1.34.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mediawiki:mediawiki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
33

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-25812
NVD Published Date:
Sep 27, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-25812 Details - Not Deferred